The earliest examples of Chinese writing date to the late Shang period (ca. 1200 BC). These are the so-called Oracle Bone Inscriptions (jiaguwen) which were found at the site of the last Shang capital ...

One of the most remarkable Chinese archaeological finds is a 3000 year-old ‘oracle bone’ made of fragmented turtle shell, covered with inscriptions. This artifact relays the divination ...

Many oracle-bone inscriptions request that an ancestor make an offering of his own to an even higher power. David N. Keightley, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley, told me that ...

In China, there has long been a group of paleographers working on solving the mystery of oracle bone inscriptions, which are the earliest-known form of Chinese writing. Professor Chen Jian ...

This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows oracle bones with inscriptions displayed at the new building of Yinxu Museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. [Xinhua/Li An] BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua ...

drawing upon a wide variety of original source materials from Shang oracle bones to slips of paper from Dunhuang. By providing a comprehensive basis for the analysis of Chinese script, Chinese Writing ...

Oracle bone inscriptions are among the relics unearthed at the Yin Ruins. Xi pointed out that oracle bone inscriptions retained evidence of the Chinese written language from 3,000 years ago ...

The exhibition features oracle bone inscriptions transformed into artistic creations. It showcases over 70 oracle bone art pieces, developed through a three-year collaborative effort involving ...

This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. During an eclipse, as the moon slowly begins to ...

Jiang, who has specialized in oracle bone inscriptions for over 20 years, shares similar sentiments: "I think we paleographers are actually quite close to scientists, as we both have to be very ...

Since the first oracle bone inscriptions were discovered in 1899, research of these precious materials has not stopped. Found in the Yinxu Ruins in Anyang city, Central China's Henan province ...